Charles lupsky



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0. LUFSKY. GAME TABLE.

Patented Mar. 1, 1898.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES LUFSKY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OFONE-HALF TO GEORGE H.BOEOKENKAMP, OF SAME PLACE.

GAME-TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 600,086, dated March 1,1898.

Application filed April 19, 1897- Serial No. 682,774. (NomodeL) To aZZwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES LUFSKY, of St. Louis, Missouri, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Game-Tables, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

My invention relates to game-tables; and it 7 consists of the novelconstruction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter shown,described, and claimed.

Figure 1 is a top plan view. Fig. 2 is a Vertical sectional view takenlongitudinally of the table and approximately on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken approximately on the line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view on an enlarged scaleand taken approximately on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is alongitudinal sectional view taken approximately on the line 5 5- of Fig.1.

Referring by numerals to the drawings, the top or game-board 6 isrectangular in plan and is secured to a suitable frame 7, which frame isin turn supported by the short legs 8 at the front end of the table andthe long legs 9 at the rear end of the table, thus holding thegame-board in an inclined position, the foot of the board being higherthan the head of the board. A wall 10 extends upwardly from the edge ofthe game-board 6. The blocks 11 are inserted upon the gameboard 6 insideof the wall 10 and in the corners at the rear end of the table. Theouter sides of the blocks 11 are at right angles to each other, whilethe inner sides are concave, each forming substantially a quarter of acircle, and the two together forming substantially a half-circle, saidhalf-circle reaching across the foot of the table. The blocks 12 areplaced upon the game-board 6 at the front corners and inside of the wall10. The blocks 12 are rectangular in plan and the forward ends 13 aregrooved, the bottom of the grooves being inclined, as shown in Fig. 5.The partitions 14 are fixed upon the gameboard 6, with their forwardends against the inner sides of the blocks 12 and their rear endsextending nearly to the semicircular portion of the game-board formed bythe blocks 11, thus forming the alleys 15 at the sides of the table. Thebank 16 is placed upon the game-board 6 between the forward ends of thepartitions 14, said bank extending from one of said partitions to theother, and the rear face of said bank consisting of the series ofscallops 17. There is an odd number of series of scallops 17, and thecentral one of said scallops is marked 15. The scallops to the right ofthe one marked 15 are marked, respectively, 20, 30, 40, and 50, and theseallops to the left'of the one marked 15 are marked, respectively, 25,35, 45, and 55. The scallops 17 form pockets in which the balls come torest and their inner faces are cushioned with any suitable material.Ashort distance behind a line drawn transversely across the game-board 6from the blocks 12 and approximately at the center of the gameboard 6 isa trap-door 18, the number 150 appearing upon the upper face of saidtrapdoor. Near the rear ends of the partitions 14 are the trap-doors 19,the number 125 appearing upon the upper face of each of said trap-doors19. A number of pins 20 project upwardly from the game-board 6, andcushions 21 (shown in Fig. 4) are mounted upon the heads of said pins.Approximately a short distance behind the rear ends of the partitions 14and near the center of the gameboard 6 is an opening 22, formedvertically Below the gameboard 6 is the bottom board 24, mountedinposition parallel with the gameboard 6 and a short distance below saidgameboard, said bottom 24 being located inside of and supported by theframe 7. An opening 25 is formed through the front piece of the frame 7approximately half-way between the sides of the table, and the portion26 of the bottom 24 extends forwardly through said opening. A wall 27extends upwardly from the edges of the portion 26, said wall com,-municating with the frame 7 and forming a pocket to receive the balls;The cleats 28 (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 and indicated in Fig. 2)are placed above the bottom 24 at angles of about forty-five degreesrelative to the side pieces of the frame 7, said cleats being designedto lead the balls to the pocket inside of the Wall 27. The trap-doors 18and 19 are mounted as shown in Fig. 3. Rectangular holes are cut in thegame-board 6, and blocks are formed to fit in said rectangular holes,said blocks forming the doors. The pin 29 is inserted through the blocka short distance behind its center, and the ends of said pin are letinto the upper face of the game-board 6, as required to form a pivotalsupport for the door. A rabbet-joint 30 is formed between the rear endof the door and the game-board 6, as required to prevent the rear end ofthe door tipping downwardly, and a weight 31 is attached to the underside of the rear end of the door to counterbalance the weight of theforward end of the door and thus hold the door normally closed. Theballs in passing from the rear end of the table may fall through theopening 22, or if they pass over either of the trap-doors 18 or 19 saidballs will overbalance the weights 31 and fall through said trap-doorsto the bottom 24:, and said bottom 24 being inclined forwardly the ballswill roll forwardlyinto the pocket formed by the wall 28.

In playing the game a ball 32 is placed in the depression 23 at the rearend of the table, and a ball 33 isplaced in one of the alleys 15 andagainst the rear end of one of the blocks 12. The player places the endof his one in the groove 13 and shoots the ball 33 out of the alley 15and aims to hit theball 32. If either of the balls after leaving thealley 15 pass forwardly between the partitions 14, they may pass throughthe opening 22 or through one of the trap-doors 19, or through thetrap-door 18, or they may land in one of the pockets or scallops 17. Inpassing forwardly between the partitions 14 the balls are constantlydeflected by hitting the cushions 21 upon the pins 20.

The game-board 6, the partitions 14, the innet face of the wall 10, andthe blocks 11 may be covered with billiard-cloth, or the vertical wallsmay be cushioned.

I claim-- A game-board having its rear end rounded substantially to asemicircle and elevatedabove its forward end, the partitions 14extending from the forward end backwardly to points in transversealinement with the straight sides of the game-board, the trapdoors 19located between the rear ends of said partitions, said trap-doorsconsisting of openings formed through the game-board, rectangular blockspivotally mounted in said openings, the pivots supporting said doorsextending transversely of the game-board, stops to limit the downwardmotion of the rear ends of said trap-doors, and weights to overbalancethe rear ends of said trap-doors as required to restore said doors totheir normal position after theyhave been tipped and the trap-door 18located between the forward

